In name only, I, Gao Yuliang, will sink Handong at worst.

Gao Yuliang sat in the office of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission.

He leisurely sipped his tea, thinking that there would be a lot of things to do at the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee meeting today. He figured that the two proposals and the angry rebuke of Tian Guofu would be enough.

He had arranged his schedule and documents in advance for this Standing Committee meeting, and now he was free. He remembered that Zhao Dagong had held a democratic life meeting that lasted all day before he found an opportunity to retaliate.

I had prepared myself physically for this, but it ended so easily.

Qi Tongwei came to find Gao Yuliang. He knew about today's Standing Committee meeting and that the teacher wanted to separate the personnel in charge of security and the retired cadres who were nearing retirement.

He also realized that the two were linked together, and the veteran cadres were definitely not satisfied because of the issue of retirement time. Some who had made progress could work for another three years, delaying their retirement, or even hoping for further advancement. This caused them to cause trouble.

The other person is a security and stability maintenance worker. If there is a problem, it has nothing to do with Gao Yuliang. However, he can't understand this point. Would the teacher have planned a security accident?

"Boss, Director Qi is here." Secretary Chen Yu came over and said to Gao Yuliang.

"Let him in!" Gao Yuliang waved his hand.

Qi Tongwei, dressed in a white police uniform, walked in.

"teacher."

"Sit down! Don't be shy." Gao Yuliang patted the sofa next to him.

"Don't you understand my actions at the Standing Committee meeting?"

Qi Tongwei nodded. "Teacher, I don't quite understand. You specifically emphasized personnel involved in security and stability maintenance. Is something about to happen in Handong?"

"And it's going to happen in a short time. Is there anything I can do?"

Kao Yu-liang: "It's not just certain, it's absolutely certain."

Qi Tongwei looked at Gao Yuliang with a somewhat strange gaze.

"What are you thinking? This kind of thing is related to me and also has nothing to do with me. Lei Shao from Handong, you know? First of all, there's Dafeng Factory. Cai Chenggong from Dafeng Factory went to Beijing and even met with Hou Liangping to report someone. The person he reported was Ouyang Jing. He didn't just target the wife of a provincial party secretary, but the entire financial system."

"Then there's the Luzhou Food City. It generates hundreds of millions of yuan in tax revenue every year and provides employment for more than 12,000 people. I was the one who pushed for this food city back then. So, should Sha Ruijin demolish it or not? If he demolishes it, there are more than 10,000 families and nearly 100,000 people behind it."

"A case that was dozens of times more exciting than the one at Dafeng Factory has just broken out."

"Besides that, there's the shantytown redevelopment area, specifically the Guangming New Village area. There's been no progress there for several years, and the houses haven't been built yet. There are safety concerns, but the 500 million yuan in funding has already been allocated."

"And then there's Qingcheng City. Do you really think the director of the Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau really ran away a few years ago? Couldn't he have been silenced? To be honest, I don't want you to deal with these things now that you've become the vice governor. Sometimes the outcome is uncertain. These people are all involved behind the scenes, and even if you become the vice governor, there will still be significant hidden dangers."

Qi Tongwei immediately realized that this situation was indeed very difficult to handle. Even if he were just the director of the Public Security Bureau, he wouldn't be able to handle it, let alone if he were the vice governor.

Especially the situation in that food court, the difficulty involved is beyond what the public security and stability maintenance work would normally require. There are more than 500 people in Dafeng Factory plus more than 500 people in the demolition team, totaling more than 1,000 people.

Qi Tongwei thought that without Cheng Du's help, it was hard to say what the final result would be. Now that they had set up a food court for more than 10,000 people, it was a huge problem!

He himself had never felt that Handong was that dangerous before. He never had such a deep obsession with becoming a deputy provincial-level official, and now he didn't want to become a deputy provincial-level official anymore.

I don't want to at all.

"From now on, you'll be in charge of the Provincial Public Security Bureau's work, and you'll also be cracking down on criminals. There are gangsters in Green Vine City waiting for you to sweep them away. Don't get involved in these things, and don't tell anyone, understand?"

"Teacher, do you think I still have the opportunity to govern a region? I want to go and govern a region." Qi Tongwei wanted to go and govern a region.

Previously, he was afraid of the many shady dealings below, thinking that even if he died in the Public Security Bureau, he would die on the way to the front lines, at the hands of criminals. Now, he is even more afraid of all the things happening in Handong, and any outbreak would not end well.

Compared to these, gangsters are all quite respectable; they don't play so many tricks, or if they do, they won't plant such big traps for you.

"We asked you to go there before, but you didn't go. Now it's too late, but it's not impossible."

Where did the teacher go?

"You're overthinking it. You can't just give up your current position as the Director of the Public Security Bureau. That means you'll be in charge of not only the local area but also the entire province. There's a trend across the country of Public Security Bureau Directors concurrently serving as the top official in a local area, but this is mainly happening in border regions. Maintaining stability and public security are high priorities."

"What you need to do now is just to keep the Public Security Bureau under control and maintain order. Your main responsibility is to ensure public security. Why are you worrying about the safety of the entire province?"

"Teacher, I must say, you are amazing." Qi Tongwei gave Gao Yuliang a thumbs up as he left.

Sha Ruijin received a phone call from his father-in-law in Beijing.

"Hello, Dad."

"We've reviewed the Standing Committee meeting in Handong. What you did wasn't really a problem. Freezing cadre appointments is the most common thing all newly appointed leaders do."

"However, Zhao Lichun told me today that he didn't do anything, and Gao Yuliang is so opposed to it, so I think there might be something wrong here."

Afterwards, Old Li recounted the events of the meeting to Sha Ruijin.

"You keep investigating in Handong, and I'll have people investigate here too. See if there's anything wrong with this list. Be careful and keep an eye on Gao Yuliang."

"Yes, Dad, I understand."

Sometimes, the outcome of a game of chess is not on the chessboard, but outside of it.

Often, political maneuvering and clashes take place not in meetings, but outside.

Anti-Corruption Bureau.

When Chen Hai heard that Zhong Xiaoai was coming to take over as the director of the Anti-Corruption Bureau, and that she was coming with a mission, he quickly went over to tell Hou Liangping.

After all, if Monkey is happy, then Chen Hai is happy too. He's lost his own position, yet he's still thinking about Monkey.

Chen Hai arrived at this spot, his face beaming. "Monkey, our Anti-Corruption Bureau has a new director parachuted in. Guess who it is?"

Lin Huahua took out her phone and typed a message to Lu Yike: "I must be crazy. I saw Director Chen Hai asking Hou Liangping who the new director of the Anti-Corruption Bureau was, and he even had a smile on his face."

Then Lin Huahua added, "The person who came was Hou Liangping's wife, Zhong Xiaoai. No, I don't understand, why is Chen Hai so happy?"

"Okay. Got it."

"Don't you care about Chen Hai at all?

"Chen Hai is just a colleague, there's no need to care so much."

"Are you in a relationship? Do you have a new boyfriend?"

"Don't talk nonsense." Just as Lin Huahua and Lu Yike were chatting back and forth.

Hou Liangping was dumbfounded when he heard the news. Why was Zhong Xiaoai here too?

"Aren't you happy?" Chen Hai looked at Hou Liangping, who was completely shocked.

"Happy? Of course I'm happy."

Once things quieted down here, Hou Liangping immediately remembered what he had said to Zhong Xiaoai. Was Zhong Xiaoai planning to come and subdue the Han University gang?